I've returned to the UK after a little over a month in Brazil, first visiting friends and family in São Paulo, then participating in the British Council's Winter Translation School in the adorable coastal town of Paraty, followed by FLIP (Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty) literary festival. Of course, with the generous 32-kg weight limit on Brazilian flights, no trip of mine to or from Brazil is without its very own small-scale import/export operation. I arrived back in the UK with no fewer than 20 bottles of cachaça books. Gulp.